Articles

Rukmalie Jayakody, Sheldon Danziger, and Harold Pollack

Welfare Reform, Substance Use, and Mental Health
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 25(4): 623-652 (2000); DOI:10.1215/03616878-25-4-623 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

William J. Moore, Karen Gutermuth, and Etienne E. Pracht

Systemwide Effects of Medicaid Retrospective Drug Utilization Review Programs
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 25(4): 653-688 (2000); DOI:10.1215/03616878-25-4-653 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Edith D. Balbach, Michael P. Traynor, and Stanton A. Glantz

The Implementation of California's Tobacco Tax Initiative: The Critical Role of Outsider Strategies in Protecting Proposition 99
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 25(4): 689-716 (2000); DOI:10.1215/03616878-25-4-689 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Iris Geva-May and Allan Maslove

What Prompts Health Care Policy Change? On Political Power Contests and Reform of Health Care Systems (The Case of Canada and Israel)
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 25(4): 717-742 (2000); DOI:10.1215/03616878-25-4-717 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Books

Joseph White

Learning from Outliers
John C. Campbell and Naoki Ikegami. The Art of Balance in Health Policy: Maintaining Japan's Low-Cost, Egalitarian System. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998. 240 pp. $54.95 cloth; Donald W. Light. Effective Commissioning: Lessons from Purchasing in American Managed Care. London: Office of Health Economics, 1998. 89 pp. £7.80.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 25(4): 743-750 (2000); DOI:10.1215/03616878-25-4-743 [PDF]  

Robert B. Hackey

Making Sense of Medicaid Reform
Mark R. Daniels, ed. Medicaid Reform and the American States: Case Studies of Managed Care. Westport, CT: Auburn House, 1998. 320 pp. $49.95 cloth; Stephen M. Davidson and Stephen A. Somers, eds. Remaking Medicaid: Managed Care for the Public Good. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1998. 320 pp. $45.95 cloth.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 25(4): 751-759 (2000); DOI:10.1215/03616878-25-4-751 [PDF] [References]  

James Harold

Alcohol, Freedom, and Responsibility
Judith Rumgay. Crime, Punishment, and the Drinking Offender. New York: St. Martin's, 1998. 234 pp. $59.95 cloth; Mariana Valverde. Diseases of the Will: Alcohol and the Dilemmas of Freedom. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. 264 pp. $59.95 cloth, $19.95 paper.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 25(4): 760-769 (2000); DOI:10.1215/03616878-25-4-760 [PDF] [References]  

Debra Roter

The Practice of Autonomy: Patients, Doctors, and Medical Decisions
Carl E. Schneider. The Practice of Autonomy: Patients, Doctors, and Medical Decisions. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. 307 pp. $39.95 cloth.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 25(4): 770-774 (2000); DOI:10.1215/03616878-25-4-770 [PDF] [References]  

Graham Mooney

Public Health and Social Justice in the Age of Chadwick: Britain, 1800–1854: The Gospel of Germs: Men, Women, and the Microbe in American Life
Christopher Hamlin. Public Health and Social Justice in the Age of Chadwick: Britain, 1800–1854. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. 368 pp. $64.95 cloth; Nancy Tomes. The Gospel of Germs: Men, Women, and the Microbe in American Life. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1998. 351 pp. $29.95 cloth.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 25(4): 775-781 (2000); DOI:10.1215/03616878-25-4-775 [PDF] [References]  

Michael Gochfeld

Black Lung: Anatomy of a Public Health Disaster
Alan Derickson. Black Lung: Anatomy of a Public Health Disaster. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1998. 237 pp. $29.95 cloth.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 25(4): 782-786 (2000); DOI:10.1215/03616878-25-4-782 [PDF] [References]  

Uta Gerhardt

Illness and Culture in the Postmodern Age
David B. Morris. Illness and Culture in the Postmodern Age. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998. 345 pp. $27.50 cloth.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 25(4): 787-792 (2000); DOI:10.1215/03616878-25-4-787 [PDF] [References]  

Books Received

Books Received
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 25(4): 793-798 (2000); DOI:10.1215/03616878-25-4-793 [PDF]  

News and Notes

Christopher J. Conover

News and Notes
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 25(4): 799-800 (2000); DOI:10.1215/03616878-25-4-799 [PDF]  

News from Affiliated Organizations

News from Affiliated Organizations
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 25(4): 801-802 (2000); DOI:10.1215/03616878-25-4-801 [PDF]  

Contributors

Contributors
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 25(4): 803-805 (2000); DOI:10.1215/03616878-25-4-803 [PDF]  

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